deserts

Simple text and illustrations describe the characteristics of the desert and its plant, animal, and human life.

Explores how the Bushmen, Bedouins, Aborigines, Navajo, and other groups of nomads have learned to adapt to the harsh conditions of the world's deserts.

"Explains why the world's deserts are extreme environments and examines how gray foxes, rattlesnakes, and other animals have adapted to the harsh climates"--Provided by publisher.

Two expatriates living in a Middle Eastern country, twelve-year-old Adam from Australia and Walid from Bangladesh, must rely on one another when war breaks out and they find themselves in the desert, both trying to reach the same city with no water, little food, and no common language.

Presents a general description of deserts and describes specific desert plants, animals, people, and activities.

Describes the arid zones of the world including the plants, animals, and people found there. Suggests activities and questions for discussion and presents case studies of specific deserts.

In 1302, two cousins of the nomadic Beni Khalid tribe who are betrothed become separated by political intrigue between warring tribes.

Needing money for school, a college boy accepts a job as guide on a desert hunting trip and nearly loses his life.

Describes these arid lands through which some of the world's largest rivers flow and explains how such areas are formed, how they spread, and how life survives there.

Describes the characteristics of different kinds of deserts and the plants, animals, and people that make their home in them.